Explosive and manufacture thereof



A arprepaiiwbion "em: number m? e: A fWfiY-fi costly me 110W modermzecoet frem calcium- 0 1e and eei'ivetives, amiaimicg products have h ghwhich ch Dicy Exeen FEOFSSQQ i 30270611205502]. of bqiiiszites. has beenpmpeseu a cemponenitmgiimniciine have eiemen'i m we piex (English Patent1905) V dine te (E r 5301 5? been pray; in min: rl mv 1 eq uimoiec hairin fur the purpose 0f obtaining nitrate e U 'USCUpiCfiy and greatersmb'. '3 as cempm'ed with ammonium nimie meltim at 1-1 0? f/ e naive$021116 that by heating- (i- J'QUM3- diamlde .1}: ammonium suits; mecurvesi ponding of biguaniiie and guzinidine are Obtained, ale-cordingto the temperature and duraiifiien of the heating process. For in--szzmce, when heating two parts by weight of nitrate of 1011mm togetherwith about one e1 (ncymmdimide at a lower temperature than i 'ifii theresult is: :1- nitrate 0i biguan'ide; when maintaining flie mixture in abath a?! the temperature of :zbmvt 170, the

result essentieiiiy 2! nitrate of gnanidine b xmixed with :1 smallpercentage of secoiidary prod ucfis. The reaction deveiops heat. The

reactions not hindered by the presence 01' The end gumiiei' a, under 7:eic avid (6 33.) me

. he correepen initrm n mannerthe eye lera'nes,

1 and o'tne szfits 01f e y may be prepared 0'1" biguanide and guanidinewe 2:.mm0nium nitrate and with itm-pmducts of time bigua'nide mixtureshaving a great h melt 'withoui; decomw :1 W1 1 iiei'ived I! 0r pzmidmeform ezapieszve pewer, W

em? may be ha-Pdied in melfied. conditinn n homirisk, G'Gui results weebiaineci by iing ammonium. nitrate, guanidine nimtwguaniriine inproporfiainns net we wideiy Ci king from 622:2 The nivL D e @f gum. 7.may be gardy 01' in the W503 si m u H by the nitrate of bsguamoie thsame manner the nitre-guaniiiiine b derived proQuciis 0: 5 fluebignanide. 'iesives having similar characteristics emiwd by m itii'ig'nifirate of ammodieymieflizimide and nitmgueni- 1 1e pmriuct resultingfrom the melbs imming mimic guanidine o2- bignee heating temperature.

""uree ob by mmunium nim'me 6-8j0aris by weigh". yzmodiamide 6.6-0.8perifis by "Weight. reguenidine 1.52.5 parts by weight. he chlmate enciperchoierate of bigneer guanidisie may be admitted as a comof explosivesmixtures or may thembe used as expiosivesj dieyanmiiemide may be elseintie ieiy mixed with an exidizing agent, for 'tmue, climate,perchi'omee, Without addition of some other eneig, oiziiii'lmblesubstance. Sat"" act0r1 explosives of this character may be dbteined,for instance, by

Ammonium ni' sl'sie 7-9 pnr'e by Weight.

Dicyanexiiamide 14 1 pm Us by weight.

Carbon 0.21 11241455 by weign't. or for instance:

mmumnum perchmmte p. 704a.

Dicyanodiumide p. -30.

Instead of the carbon, aluminium, silicon, sulphur 0r iiie like may beused.

The products derived from ca1(:iu1n--=yanamide o'iher khaniiicyanedimnide, biguanicie m; eempemmveiy low temperatures andguanidine may be used in producii explosives, for instance,ill'lllClOLil fijflillC- acid, ii very ri -f3 melamine and (lieyanodiamiiline. Qlet "Ly may readil All the explosive materials,according to We claim; 5 the presentinveniion have a high explosive Aprocess of: preparing an explosive, comower n greatstubility and may besafely prising the step of melting together a miX- handled. Theexplosive gi'oilucis which are time comprisi'zig the substance'z'esulting" Z5 prepared by meltin; together the corsuituent heu'zingLlicyzinoiliamicle and an :imnmnm 1 materials possess the considerableadvantage salt the niti'o-rlei'ivatii x of such i'osiiliaiil'. 10 thatthe heSt Contact between the tomburent 311i: and an ammonium salt).

and combustible elements is obtained; 'Fnrnony whereof we h that theyare completely homogeneous. The 3 6 l .w names to this spevixsv won inthe :19 niixlui'es of mmnonium nitrate, Q'Uillllilill nipresence of twosuhsci'ihii g witnesmx trai s and nitroguunidine and the correspoml-IZHLLQ h LL 15 ing mixtures with higimniile nitrate and A ll BER-1*nitrohignanicle have the important :ulvnnl i' ii nessesr tuge of meltingat vompzn'iitively lmi'er tem- Giowu NI IOR'LU'U'ILL penitiii'esand oi?being capable of being GIOVANNI i ommiim,

